Tuesday 29 December 2009

Going for a look



First light in Surgeon’s Gully

Yesterday early doors myself and Donald took a wander across the river Nevis to see how frozen Surgeon’s Gully on Ben Nevis was. Sadly, despite just about everything else in Scotland being frozen solid, in the depths of this impressive ravine there was still water moving earthward. It actually seemed to have an amazing micro-climate in there - warm and sheltered. Not good for ice gullies. 

So after climbing some pitches and coming down, we deferred to messing about. First, we did some nice ice bouldering with no crampons. And then danced across some thin ice on the river Nevis (don’t worry, it was only deep enough for wet feet underneath). Wee youtube below:

5 comments:

  1. Good to see Donald's still making strange noises when he climbs, a'la Siurana! Happy new year!
    Gaz

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  2. LOL! HAHAHA! soooo funny! Made my day.

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  3. Video cracked me up, nice one.

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  4. Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!

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  5. Great video. just what a day out with your mates is all about, having FUN!

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